Copris lunaris

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Overview

Database status: valid : genus type

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,840 meters (0 to 6,037 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Copris belisama Schrank • Copris castaneus Mulsant • Copris corniculatus Mulsant • Copris deletus Mulsant • Copris gistelianus Gistel • Copris jenisonianus Gistel • Copris obliteratus Mulsant • Scarabaeus bifidus Poda • Scarabaeus emarginatus Olivier • Scarabaeus lunaris Linnaeus • Scarabaeus lunus Schrank • Scarabaeus quadridentatus Degeer

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Dec-2009

Similar Species

Members of the genus Copris

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. carolina (Dung Beetle) · C. gopheri (Copris Tortoise Commensal Scarab Beetle)

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database. Release date: November 7, 2009
• Schoolmeesters, Paul (from Scarabaeidae).
• World Scarabaeidae Database 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• GBIF-Spain: BANDASCA
• GBIF-Spain: Instituto de Investigación CIBIO, Universidad de Alicante: CEUA
• GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2816374
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Scr-18-.02-.01-.00-.004-.000-.078-.-
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 571424

Footnotes

1. Mean = 628.020 meters (2,060.433 feet), Standard Deviation = 447.270 based on 490 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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